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18:16Paul Gorst

Close of play

That’s all for today’s live blog.

Sam Carroll is once against in Joe Rimmer’s hotseat to carry on with our live blog coverage tomorrow.

Join him then as he brings the latest news, views and reports doing the rounds.

We’ll casting a glance towards Saturday’s fixture with Huddersfield.

Bye for now.

17:53Paul Gorst

Reds' TV money hopes dashed

Liverpool’s hopes of securing a bigger slice of overseas TV money have been dashed after a Premier League meeting was cancelled due to a lack of support for the proposal.

Top-flight clubs were scheduled to meet again on Wednesday to discuss the idea that 35% of the international broadcasting revenue is distributed in future based on where a team finishes in the table.

17:02Paul Gorst

Talking Under-23s

Liverpool Under-23s moved five points clear of Everton at the top of Premier League 2 with a 3-1 win over Manchester United on Monday evening.

Andy Kelly was there to watch it unfold, and he’s discussed some talking points from the game and the Reds’ U23s in general.

Andy writes:

Liverpool finished third in last year’s Premier League 2, although they did the double over champions Everton.

This time it’s Liverpool making the running, five points clear of their Merseyside rivals at the top of the table.

They’ve got six in hand of Arsenal, 12 on Manchester City and a whopping 16 on Man United.

But don’t put the champagne on ice just yet.

The possibility of success in the league will be happily sacrificed as the club look to find important loan deals to develop their young stars in January.

The likes of Harry Wilson and Ovie Ejaria - both goalscorers on the night - look obvious candidates for a move into league football soon.”

16:32Paul Gorst

Gomez's 'Journey'

Joe Gomez has described his move to Liverpool in 2015 as a “dream come true” in a new advert for boot manufacturers Nike.

The Reds defender is the subject of the new ad titled ‘The Journey’ which details his rise from the amateur ranks in London to playing for the 18-time league champions.

Give it a watch, it’s a good little advert.

16:19Paul Gorst

A case for the defence?

Kristian Walsh and James Pearce have tackled the big issues today.

Namely - can Jurgen Klopp fix Liverpool’s defence?

Central to scrutiny was Dejan Lovren, with his half-hour horror show epitomising the Reds’ problems.

But is he to blame? Is Klopp?

And most of all: just what is the solution to all of these obvious issues?

It’s all below.

16:00

Coutinho - We have to improve

Philippe Coutinho has accepted Liverpool need to improve when they attempt to bounce back from Sunday’s harrowing afternoon at Wembley.

We have to improve this as quickly as possible in order to win games and fight more. With difficult games like this one, we know it’s these things that decide them. So we need to concentrate more to deal with balls like this.

“The first goal was scored after four minutes and the second one after 12 or 13. It’s difficult to play away from home against a strong team when you start like that.

“We have to work hard. Those passages of play, those set pieces from wide positions. We have to concentrate more to deal with them.”

14:30

Grabara Eyes Starting Role

We took a little look at Liverpool’s goalkeeping situation today, and Kamil Grabara was mentioned.

Moores Statement

Peter Moores took to Twitter today to obviate anger from Liverpool fans who believed tickets for the Reds’ trip to Manchester United next year had been offered to an Australian travel company as part of their holiday packages.

'Based on availability' he said (Image: John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

13:24

Ojo Update!

13:12

Keita Update

Liverpudlian’s must be anxiously awaiting the arrival of Naby Keita from RB Leipzig- and Jurgen Klopp too- but Kristian Walsh’s story on Ralf Rangnick’s comments regarding the 22-year-old should have Reds fans drooling.

Liverpool have got themselves a player in Keita, according to Rangnick. (Image: OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images)

13:09

Cheeky Begovic?

“I think for Liverpool it is a combination of things - communication, positioning and the desire to defend is lacking for Liverpool.”

These were the words of Asmir Begovic on last night’s Sky Sports Debate Show.

“They don’t look organised, they don’t look like they want to defend. I look at some of their players and the first thing is how good they can be on the ball, how they can pass and go forward and how the full backs can attack and join in. I don’t think their first thought is defending.

“I think as a unit they look all over the place and there could be many reasons. Confidence once again is low and there are people making bad decisions so it seems to be a bit of a mess. They are not doing the basics of defending and I don’t think they have the pride it takes to be a defender.

The keeper added: “I don’t think it’s one thing, I think it’s them as a unit. I don’t think they’re working together and there’s a lack of continuity with the centre-back pairings and the full-backs, I don’t think changing the goalkeepers is helping.”

Begovic was harsh on Liverpool's defenders

A little bit rich coming from a goalkeeper at the current second-worst club in the Premier League, don’t you think?

12:39

Rafa Dismisses Agent

With his deal with the Magpies due to expire in 2019, it’s being suggested that the termination of long-time agent Manuel Garcia Quilon may be an indication of a desire to remain in the Premier League.

Transfer Talk

With the new rule to shut the summer transfer window before the beginning of the Premier League season in place from next year, can we have an embargo on transfer news between September and December, too?

But anyway, the Spaniard reckon the Catalans will return with an £80 million pound offer for the little Brazilian.

Some interesting stuff on Luis Suarez too, who is apparently unhappy with his start to the season at Barcelona.

But the most surprising news was both players found room for Mauricio Pochettino in their top three nominations for the Manager of the Year award that was eventually won, convincingly, by Zinadine Zidane.

Grujic Impresses Critchley

The U-23 boss said: “We asked Marko to do a specific job for us as a No.6. Maybe he’s better as a No.8 or No.10, but he’s good on the ball and he controlled the game for us.”

“He’s very good in both penalty boxes so it’s not a surprise he scored with a header at that end. But some of his defensive headers were excellent as well. He was struggling a little bit at half-time with illness and we were undecided whether to keep him on, but he wanted to stay on and thankfully we did.”

Grujic was ill at half-time but continued like a trooper. (Image: John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

I’ve watched Grujic a few times for the U-23 side and he always looks far too good for that level. He was impressive in the victory at champions Everton last season and it does look like a man amongst boys at times.

But he hasn’t really shown it at the senior level yet, and I’m unsure how many clear chances in this current first-team he’ll get.

Would you give him a chance?

09:43

Sturridge's Substitute Strikes Statistics

Daniel is in fourth place on the all-time Premier League substitute scoring charts, but he’s a place higher in the Liverpool history books.

He’s eight behind David Fairclough and, er, two behind Ryan Babel.

He loved a goal from the bench....but didn't do much else

09:28

Super Sub Sturridge

Daniel Sturridge is the fourth highest goalscorer from the bench in Premier League history.

A nice morning teaser to liven up the office this morning, anyway. Defoe seems pretty obvious but I wouldn’t have guessed him myself.

Henry on Van Dijk

“I played with two players like that: Tony Adams and Sol Campbell,” Henry told Sky Sports.

“They were commanding. Would [Van Dijk] change everything? No. But he would have a big impact on that defence.”

Is Van Dijk as good as these two title winners?

09:00

Wilson on Ings

Harry Wilson was particularly complimentary of Danny Ings last night.Wilson netted in the 3-1 victory at Manchester United as the high-flying Reds furthered their lead at the top of the table.

And with Danny missing a few chances, the young winger sprung to his defence.

Ings was frustrated once more last night.

“You’ve got to be in those positions to miss them. I’m sure his luck will change soon. We all know what a deadly finisher he is at whatever level he plays at,” Wilson told Liverpoolfc.com.

“We’re glad to have him in the team, not only for his goalscoring but for his work-rate and the experience that he brings. It’s always great to have him. To play up front with him and learn off his movement and his finishing, it’s great for the team.”

So, what happens to Lovren, recipient of Klopp’s most public disappointment yet?

It’s an interesting one, to be fair.

Lovren has had a bumpy ride in his Liverpool career so far, but this is most certainly the nadir. But, theoretically, with a few more bad performances, it could get even worse both for himself and his manager.

Does he need a spell out of the side?

Kristian reckons the manager has no choice but to use him.

07:46

Good news!

Neil Critchleys’s men were helped along by goals from Ovie Ejaria, Marko Grujic and Harry Wilson as they stretched their lead at the top of the Premier League 2 table to 5 points after Everton’s home defeat to Sunderland on Friday afternoon.